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Douglas County voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's election in Colorado. Eight candidates were running for four open spots on the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1, and while the votes were still being counted, the early returns showed progressive candidates in the lead.
All union-backed candidates were leading in the Denver Board of Education elections. Only one of three incumbents seeking re-election, Xochitl Gaytán, was leading.
Voters in Denver on Tuesday are deciding the fate of a $950 million bond that could change the landscape of the city.
Measure 300 proposes raising the amount of affordable housing that must come with new developments, and Measure 301 proposes possible higher fees for those developers.
Voters in Colorado's third-largest city will decide Tuesday who will fill five open seats on the Aurora City Council. The outcome could solidify the council's conservative majority amid ongoing debates over crime, homelessness, and housing.
Colorado's Attorney General Phil Weiser is pushing back against the Trump administration's plans to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, claiming the move is "unconstitutional and unlawful."
President Trump said Wednesday he's allowing South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia.
The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution that would block President Trump's tariffs on Canada.
The new site is intended to "help Americans push back peacefully, lawfully, and defiantly against presidential abuses of power."
The government shutdown has gone on for more than four weeks, with no sign the impasse will end soon. Here's what lawmakers told CBS News they're doing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped up.
President Trump fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in D.C., as he plans a slate of major building projects — including a massive White House ballroom.
Some inmates in custody in Denver were allowed to vote in person for this year's election.
The Senate passed a measure that would block President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, after Democrats drew support from a handful of Republicans.
Officials from half the states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to order the Department of Agriculture to provide food stamp benefits for November.
The U.S. on Monday struck four more vessels that the Pentagon says were trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced.
The Trump administration is shaking up ICE's leadership, with plans to reassign as many as a dozen local leaders, as the agency faces pressure to ramp up arrests, sources told CBS News.
"People don't realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they're gone," said the head of Maine Family Planning clinics.
President Trump had his second physical in six months earlier this month at Walter Reed Medical Center.
President Trump told reporters as he flew into Japan that he expects to have a trade agreement with China finalized by the end of his tour of Asia.
Fort Collins voters approved a bike park at the former Hughes Stadium site. Residents in the Northern Colorado city overwhelmingly voted to block the former Hughes Stadium property from being developed into housing in 2021.
Voters in Denver on Tuesday are deciding the fate of a $950 million bond that could change the landscape of the city.
The measure would help businesses in the central business district.
Voters are deciding on what's next for the property in Northern Colorado where Hughes Stadium used to exist.
Douglas County voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's election in Colorado. Eight candidates were running for four open spots on the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1.
All union-backed candidates were leading in the Denver Board of Education elections. Only one of three incumbents seeking re-election, Xochitl Gaytán, was leading.
The Denver City Council voted to ban vape shops last year, but voters needed to weigh in.
Coloradans voted two propositions dealing with the Healthy Meals for All program.
On Election Night in 2025, CBS Colorado political analysts Mike Dino, a Democrat, and Dick Wadhams, a Republican, talked about the early returns on the Vibrant Denver bond.
The bond is made up of five separate measures that don't affect each other, meaning if one fails, the others could still pass.
In Tuesday's election, Colorado voters were casting their ballots on two statewide propositions that deal with funding for the state's Healthy School Meals for All program, which voters approved in 2022.
Measures 300 and 301 in the Colorado town are both about affordable housing, and both sides say they support the idea. But the difference comes in what you look at when it comes to the city's growth overall.
Two propositions before voters across Colorado deal with funding for a school meals program in the state.
It took nearly seven years and a whole lot of controversy for Denver's Park Hill Park to be established after the old Park Hill Golf Club closed its doors. The park officially opened this week, but is in need of some TLC and possibly a new design. However, that costs money, money the city doesn't have right now.
Gov. Jared Polis released his budget request for next year, and Medicaid is poised to take a big hit.
Three people are running for a seat in Ward I in Aurora. Your reporter in Aurora Michael Abeyta spoke with Reid Heittich, Gianina Horton and Stephen Elkins to see what the biggest issues are for each candidate.
State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food.
Tuesday's ballots will determine the direction of Denver Public Schools as four of seven seats on the board will be filled.
Colorado officials say the relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama was illegally motivated by President Donald Trump’s desire to punish Colorado for allowing mail-in voting. A lawsuit announced Wednesday by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser asks a federal judge to block the move.
Fewer farms means more imported food and higher prices, according to state Sen. Byron Pelton.
Some inmates in custody in Denver were allowed to vote in person for this year's election.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is planning to import 15 more wolves from Canada this year, but that plan may violate federal law.
Days before open enrollment begins on Connect for Health Colorado, a new audit is raising concerns about how the state health exchange is managing its finances.
Initiatives LL and MM are statewide issues on the ballot dealing with school meals programs that are costing millions more than expected.
Progressive candidates appear to have claimed a decisive majority on the Aurora City Council, signaling a significant shift in political power in Colorado's third-largest city.
The Benson Hotel is offering a tour of it's art collection as part of Denver Arts Week.
The Mile High City is now 18 days behind the average first snow and could finish among the 10 latest starts to winter on record.
Voters in the Colorado city of Louisville rejected two measures in Tuesday's election that deal with affordable housing and city projects.
On Wednesday, the team submitted a Large Development Review pre-application to the city, outlining preliminary plans to develop their preferred site, Burnham Yard, into a new stadium and surrounding mixed-use community.
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Progressive candidates appear to have claimed a decisive majority on the Aurora City Council, signaling a significant shift in political power in Colorado's third-largest city.
When you think about hotels, you don't always think about great art. That is not the case at the Benson Hotel in Aurora. The hotel has carefully curated an extensive collection of paintings and sculptures representing about 32 artists, most of whom are from Colorado. Each piece was commissioned to create an atmosphere.
Chef and owner Ian Kleinman showed CBS Colorado's Lauren Whitney around the Inventing Room, which was inspired by the Roald Dahl character Willy Wonka.
Fort Collins voters approved a bike park at the former Hughes Stadium site. Residents in the Northern Colorado city overwhelmingly voted to block the former Hughes Stadium property from being developed into housing in 2021.
On Wednesday, the team submitted a Large Development Review pre-application to the city, outlining preliminary plans to develop their preferred site, Burnham Yard, into a new stadium and surrounding mixed-use community.
Soccer star Sir David Beckham says knighthood bestowed by King Charles III "beyond anything that I ever thought that I would receive."
The Denver Summit, the newest soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League, will play its inaugural home opener at Empower Field at Mile High in March.
Bo Nix threw two touchdown passes and Wil Litz made a 34-yard field goal as time expired and the Broncos extended their winning streak to six games.
The Dodgers become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has adhered to a ban on nuclear test explosions after President Trump claimed Moscow is testing nuclear weapons.
A trend that started in the technology sector is spreading to other industries, with businesses cutting workers even as their profits expand.
Still images and aerial video footage appear to show the plane's left engine sitting just off the runway in Louisville, Kentucky.
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
Soccer star Sir David Beckham says knighthood bestowed by King Charles III "beyond anything that I ever thought that I would receive."
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has adhered to a ban on nuclear test explosions after President Trump claimed Moscow is testing nuclear weapons.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether a federal emergency powers law authorizes President Trump's most sweeping tariffs.
A Democratic Socialists of America leader says New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani offers a "powerful way forward" for Democrats — but some moderates worry he'll hand the GOP "a pretty potent set of weapons" in next year's midterms.
Candidates from different wings of the Democratic Party won key races on Election Day 2025 in the biggest test since President Trump's victory last year.
Senators are discussing a deal that would fund the government alongside long-term appropriations bills in exchange for a vote on extending health care tax credits.
A Colorado woman only received treatment for perimenopause after consultation with a second doctor. Initially, her symptoms were brushed off as stress.
States, counties, and cities are receiving millions in opioid settlement money to address the addiction crisis. The ways they spent the dollars in 2024 sometimes drew criticism.
National Jewish Health is conducting a study that could lead to a less invasive way to identify a person's tolerance of a food allergy.
A large study from Massachusetts found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3.
Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts.
A trend that started in the technology sector is spreading to other industries, with businesses cutting workers even as their profits expand.
The Denver City Council voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products last year, but voters needed to weigh in. Supporters argued it would make it harder for kids to buy vapes, but critics argued they would still buy them, and the city would lose tax revenue.
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
Toyota is recalling more than a million vehicles in the U.S. due to a rearview camera problem that could increase the risks of a crash.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency may need to close "certain parts" of the nation's airspace if the shutdown drags on.
In his first comments on a CBS News Colorado investigation that found Denver International Airport executives paying between $15,000 and $19,000 to fly to a conference in Spain, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said, "I have not ever paid that much for an airplane ticket."
The FAA has requested additional time to review a proposed transaction by the city of Denver to give a developer another 20 acres of land at Denver International Airport as part of the land swap involving the former Park Hill Golf Course, CBS News Colorado has learned.
The battle over Denver's Flock camera surveillance system escalated Tuesday with nine Denver City Council members asking the city auditor to step in and essentially block Mayor Mike Johnston's proposed extension of a contract with Flock.
Flock cameras led Columbine Valley police to a woman whom they accused of stealing a package, who then had to prove her own innocence by compiling her own evidence. After she did, the police chief said, "nicely done btw."
Although the city agreed to give a developer 145 acres of land at Denver International Airport in exchange for the Park Hill Golf Course, the Mayor's Office quietly added 20 more acres, a CBS News Colorado investigation has found.